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​​​​Education in Quality Improvement for Pediatric Practice

The AAP offers numerous high-quality QI courses through Education in Quality Improvement for Pediatric Practice (EQIPP) online learning. These courses are now offered as an AAP member benefit. Courses are consistent with the Bright Futures aim of improving preventive pediatric care. EQIPP courses can be used to earn MOC/continuing medical education credit. Pediatrician Performance in Practice (Part 4) of Maintenance of Certification​ requires that pediatricians demonstrate competence in systematic measurement and improvement in patient care as approved by the American Board of Pediatrics.

EQIPP courses are updated regularly, so check the EQIPP Web site frequently to access the most current courses. Those courses most closely related to and consistent with Bright Futures are highlighted below.

EQIPP Courses

QI Basics.This
course presents fundamental QI principles and concepts. It introduces
the Model for Improvement, a systematic framework for improving patient
care used in all EQIPP courses. It is a prerequisite for all EQIPP
courses and is included as an added benefit with any EQIPP course
registration.

Bright Futures - Middle Childhood and Adolescence. This NEW course helps you implement the Bright Futures: Guidelines for Health Supervision of Infants, Children, and Adolescents into everyday practice. These activities acquaint you the importance of the Bright Futures health supervision recommendations and assist in prioritizing the Middle Childhood and Adolescent visits. The content is consistent with Bright Futures Guidelines, 4th Edition. This course will be available until September 9, 2020 at EQIPP.

Bright Futures - Infancy and Early Childhood. This course helps you implement the Bright Futures: Guidelines for Health Supervision of Infants, Children, and Adolescents into everyday practice. These activities acquaint you the importance of the Bright Futures health supervision recommendations and assist in prioritizing the Infancy and Early Childhood visits. The course will be available until September 28, 2019 at EQIPP.

​​Immunizations.
This course helps you identify immunization rates in your practice,
barriers to immunization delivery systems, and techniques to overcome
those barriers through the use of expert principles and proven QI
methods and tools. The course will be available until February 11, 2019 at EQIPP.

Judicious Use of Antibiotics.This course can ​​​help guide physicians on judicious use of antibiotics based on accurate diagnosis and effective treatment, as well as how to educate families about appropriate antibiotic prescribing. If proper diagnosis and treatment of common pediatric conditions are followed, fewer antibiotics will be ordered and those that are prescribed will be in the narrow-spectrum category, thus improving cost efficacy, limiting the potential for antibiotic resistance, and improving the quality of care for the child. The course will be available until April 11, 2019 at EQIPP.​​

Medical Home. This course helps you create improvement plans to address gaps in key activities of the medical home. The EQIPP Medical Home Practice Survey is useful to periodically evaluate practice capacity and readiness to transform itself into an effective, high-quality medical home. The course will be available until November 26, 2017 at EQIPP.

​Oral Health. This
course was recently revised and is consistent with Bright Futures Guidelines.
It discusses the importance of the dental home, caries risk assessment,
anticipatory guidance, and fluoride varnish application. All dental
home activities can be done by pediatric health care providers in their
office. The course will be available until June 1, 2019 at EQIPP.